Rain Dodging : A Scholar's Romp through Britain in Search of a Stuart Queen
Scholar Susan Godwin is hooked when she comes across the captivating story of Mary of Modenaâa seventeenth-century Italian princess who was only fourteen when coerced into marriage with the future king of England, James II, yet went on to cultivate a court full of women writers in an age when female authorship was rare. How did Mary achieve such a feat? Rain Dodging is Susanâs creative nonfiction account of the years-long search upon which this questionâand her own unquenchable curiosityâlaunched her. Godwin travels through both space and time, solo adventuring through Britain in pursuit of truth and, in a spicy parallel arc, chronicling her own cluttered but resilient feminist path. From schizophrenic lovers to out-there musicians to one unhinged mother, Susan tells the story of her personal enlightenment even as she visits the palaces and manor houses in England and Scotland Mary once inhabited and pores over materials in Oxfordâs stunning 400-year-old Bodleian Library, finding moments of transcendence and unexpected delight along the way. Join Susan in this irreverent and illuminating journeyâa fascinating account of the late Stuart monarchy, the progression of feminist history, and the unexpected connection between the two.
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Scholar Susan Godwin is hooked when she comes across the captivating story of Mary of Modenaâa seventeenth-century Italian princess who was only fourteen when coerced into marriage with the future king of England, James II, yet went on to cultivate a court full of women writers in an age when female authorship was rare. How did Mary achieve such a feat? Rain Dodging is Susanâs creative nonfiction account of the years-long search upon which this questionâand her own unquenchable curiosityâlaunched her. Godwin travels through both space and time, solo adventuring through Britain in pursuit of truth and, in a spicy parallel arc, chronicling her own cluttered but resilient feminist path. From schizophrenic lovers to out-there musicians to one unhinged mother, Susan tells the story of her personal enlightenment even as she visits the palaces and manor houses in England and Scotland Mary once inhabited and pores over materials in Oxfordâs stunning 400-year-old Bodleian Library, finding moments of transcendence and unexpected delight along the way. Join Susan in this irreverent and illuminating journeyâa fascinating account of the late Stuart monarchy, the progression of feminist history, and the unexpected connection between the two.
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Scholar Susan Godwin is hooked when she comes across the captivating story of Mary of Modenaâa seventeenth-century Italian princess who was only fourteen when coerced into marriage with the future king of England, James II, yet went on to cultivate a court full of women writers in an age when female authorship was rare. How did Mary achieve such a feat? Rain Dodging is Susanâs creative nonfiction account of the years-long search upon which this questionâand her own unquenchable curiosityâlaunched her. Godwin travels through both space and time, solo adventuring through Britain in pursuit of truth and, in a spicy parallel arc, chronicling her own cluttered but resilient feminist path. From schizophrenic lovers to out-there musicians to one unhinged mother, Susan tells the story of her personal enlightenment even as she visits the palaces and manor houses in England and Scotland Mary once inhabited and pores over materials in Oxfordâs stunning 400-year-old Bodleian Library, finding moments of transcendence and unexpected delight along the way. Join Susan in this irreverent and illuminating journeyâa fascinating account of the late Stuart monarchy, the progression of feminist history, and the unexpected connection between the two.
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